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Your child isn’t gifted, but they still deserve a “gifted” education

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New York City public schools offer two types of Gifted & Talented education. Five accelerated programs in citywide schools teach the standard NY state curriculum a year in advance, while enriched programs in over 100 district schools allow teachers flexibility in adding original material to the standard state curriculum.  Pre-pandemic, when a test was required

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We speak your language: Which translation services are available to NYC public schools families

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As part of the public school Gifted and Talented Kindergarten application process, parents of children not currently enrolled in Universal Pre-Kindergarten are interviewed by Department of Education employees to ascertain whether the applicant qualifies for inclusion into the G&T lottery. During this assessment, families are asked whether the child poses many questions? Whether they engage

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Can your teen take college classes in high school? Should they?

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When I presented at Epicenter’s Demystifying NYC’s High School Admissions Process webinar, many parents were interested in what options their students had for taking college courses even before they’d earned a high school diploma. We consulted with parents, a student, a college counselor and a high school principal to break down everything families need to

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